I see you in the dark
Corner of the street
Calling after me, yeah

Headlights on full beam
Coming down the fast lane
Coming after me

You follow me around
You follow me around
You follow me around
You follow me around

Blowing holes in everything
Thatcher's children
See you on the way back down

Drooling Looney Tunes
Movin' in a swarm
Movin' in a swarm

You follow me around
You follow me around
You follow me around
You follow me around

Na-da-da-da-da-da
Na-da-da-da-da-da, yeah
Na-da-da-da-da-da
Na-da-da-da-da-da, yeah

Nowadays I get panicked
I cease to exist
I have ceased to exist

I feel absolutely nothin'
The words are out of ink
The words you know are out of ink

You follow me around
You follow me around
You follow me around
You follow me around

Na-da-da-da-da-da
Na-da-da-da-da-da, yeah
Na-da-da-da-da-da
Na-da-da-da-da-da, yeah


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Follow Me Around Lyrics as written by Edward John O'brien Colin Charles Greenwood

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    i dont excist

    imthecootieon May 14, 2002   Link
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    Ewe doont spelle korektly eether

    kaisuteon June 11, 2003   Link
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    The verse start: Did you lie to us Tony? is obviously about Tony Blair and the belief before the '97 Election that new Labour would change Britain, but it turned out Blair was just another terrible Leader.

    kiltmanon June 27, 2003   Link
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    It seems like it's from Tony Blair's point of veiw. Like he told all those lies and doesn't know how to get away from the people who are gonna catch him.

    RobotHouseon December 19, 2004   Link
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    I wish I knew what b-sides collection this song's from. Can anyone tell me?

    Phrogexon February 10, 2005   Link
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    Phrogex - im quite sure its just a live song, like true love waits or big ideas. the best version i have is from a show in toronto.

    thedrizzleon May 01, 2005   Link
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    Listen, this is just a rumour. But someone posted on the message board at At Ease that they recorded it in August and it's gonna be on the 7th LP. Apparently a message was posted on Dead Air Space for 2 minutes before being taken down that said they recorded it. I'm not sure about it myself coz id've thought greenplastic or treefingers wouldv'e mentioned it if it'd actually happened.

    Just thought I'd mention this.

    Wallamanageon October 20, 2005   Link
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    yeah this song is unreleased, but there's a version on the documentary 'meeting people is easy' that has the rest of the band join in for the last section. is pretty cool. it would be super cool if it was on the new album. it looks like nude/big ideas is gonna be on there, so it's definitely a possibility.

    and i agree with robothouse.

    greenplasticon May 18, 2006   Link
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    +seems to me the follow me around reference could be about depression? once you go through it u always have this nagging feeling like its always with you waiting to attack. i just get this vibe that he was panicked and axious and everywhere he went his axiety followed

    no_one69on February 09, 2007   Link
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    but tony blair follows him (bush) around like a dog (i'm your lapdog)

    there's also an early radiohead song about burning bush, but his father. i like how thom always denies these political connotations

    GoochyLittlePigon March 30, 2008   Link

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